Parramatta will need to apply for an exemption from the NRL to sign Zac Lomax at his market value after St George Illawarra released him under the condition that they would not pay a cent for his contract beyond this year. Lomax will see out the season at the Dragons and the Eels are the […]

Ten goals flew in across the opening two quarterfinals of the Champions League as honours ended all square in Madrid and London. An incredible see-saw battle in Spain saw Real Madrid go behind in two minutes to Manchester City, then lead 2-1, trail 3-2 before equalising in a game marked by some stunning strikes. In […]

I have to declare I am part of a group known as Supporters of Australian Rugby Reform, SOARR. The objective of this group is to effect constitutional change in Rugby Australia. Any analysis of Australian rugby shows a depressing picture. On field performance of our national team, the Wallabies are ranked ninth in the world. […]

My old junior rugby coach, an intellectual man given to deep thoughts, was always at pains to emphasise that rugby was a violent game. If you weren’t willing to both withstand and commit acts of violence, he reminded us, this was not the game for you. Violence was in the spotlight over the weekend, as […]

If you were paying attention in the first few weeks of the NRL season, you might have noticed two trends, one very overt and one a little more subtle. One would have had to have been deliberately ignored the rugby league world to miss major debate about obstruction, with several tries wiped and others not, […]